Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Cars In Germany: Getting Worse, Actually - Green Car Reports
Germany is one of several countries with aggressive plans to curb transportation-related carbon emissions. Over the past few years, its large domestic car industry has worked to improve fuel efficiency--and even launched several plug-in electric models. But a recent study claims the transportation sector in Germany is the only one that hasn't, in fact, seen a drop in greenhouse-gas emissions in the past 25 years. In fact, the amount of greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks is now higher than it was in 1990, according to Deutsche Welle (via Autoblog ). The study--conducted by Germany's Federal Environment Agency--found the transportation sector... However, that improvement hasn't translated into reductions in carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, which are proportional to the amount of fuel consumed. Germany buyers apparently favor SUVs and larger cars, while sales of smaller, more fuel-efficient greener models remain relatively low. "We've noticed that many technical improvements and the trend toward more fuel-efficient vehicles have made little difference," Federal Environmental Agency President Maria Krautzberger is reported as saying. Source: www.greencarreports.com
